A drunken thug tore a beer can in half and attacked a landlord outside his own pub.

A would-be robber who threatened a stranger in the street with a hammer and demanded money has been locked up.

A two year investigation into the attempted smuggling of four million illegal cigarettes has ended with two men being jailed for five years.

A lecherous lifeguard was caught peering into changing room cubicles to watch women getting undressed at a leisure centre.

A man has appeared in court accused of health and safety failures relating to the death of a 21-year-old fitter.

An assistant head who was sentenced to eight months in prison after stealing £6,000 of school funds, has been banned from teaching indefinitely.

Two prisoners who murdered a fellow inmate by stabbing him more than 190 times in a brutal attack have been sentenced to life behind bars.

A man whose decomposing body was found buried in a plastic bag at a London beauty spot had been cleared of a gangland killing.

A 49-year-old man has appeared in court accused of murdering a construction worker at the weekend.

Three rogue traders who posed as water board officials to steal from elderly, vulnerable victims in a string of "horrid" offences have been jailed.

A perverted trucker who molested two young girls and played strip card games with them in his lorry has been jailed for the sickening abuse.

An inmate has been convicted of murdering a man found dead in his cell with around 190 knife wounds.

An impatient dad who smashed into two oncoming cars when he drove down the wrong side of a dual carriageway to avoid traffic lights has been jailed.

A man who was banned from driving has been sentenced at court after being caught behind the wheel of a car.

A 27-year-old has been handed a jail sentence after assaulting a woman in Tonbridge.

A notorious beggar nicknamed Billy the Quid who refuses to stop pestering people for money in a town centre has been locked up.

A woman has been jailed after being caught trying to smuggle a class A drug in to police custody in a newspaper.

An abuser who sexually assaulted three children has been given a 16-year jail term.

Two waste firms have been fined thousands for illegally tipping waste on a flood plain.

This is the moment an insurance official was caught on camera stealing an antique viola worth £300,000 from a train, as the thief is sentenced.